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Boundless
By: Serena
Chapter 7
Reawakened Ghosts
December 16th
I didn't push Sasuke any further. I was content with knowing that he wanted to kill his brother. I didn't ask why. I was prepared to absorbed to silence that would have surrounded us after he finished the sentence.
I suppose that was why he did tell me why. I suppose it was because I didn't push him, that he told me everything. I was always such a good listener- I didn't judge and I didn't repeat what someone told me.
…..It was kind of ironic- Sasuke was there because he wanted to kill his brother and I was there because I wanted to have my sister back. Irony stinks.
I considered him a friend, the only friend I had there. Kabuto was nice, but I couldn't tell him anything. I could never tell him anything. I'd see Sasuke sometimes just sitting by the lake and I would go over and I guess he would welcome my presence because he never told me to leave…
And we would just talk. Idle chit-chat, really. He would tell me about 'The dobe, Naruto', 'The lovesick puppy, Sakura', and 'The mysterious sensei, Kakashi'. I would tell him about how my plants were doing, and my new ideas.
I was on my way to 'accidentally' bump into Sasuke by the frozen lake when it happened. My gaze was to the ground, trying not to fall in the snow, when I did just that.
My whole body crumpled to the ground and I screamed before my face collided with the white fluff. Ow……I thought, beginning to push myself up. My arms disappeared beneath the snow and my right hand made contact with something hard.
Eyebrows knitted together in confusion, I pulled a circular thing from the ground. My eyes widened as I brushed the snow from it. A gasp escaped my lips and the hari-shashu fell from my fingers as Shatto Umou took over.
The infantry room was dark when I woke up. Looking around, I saw I was alone, no Sasuke, no Kabuto, no one. I put a hand to my head, trying to remember why Shatto Umou took over, and when I finally did, I immediately got up.
I was in a hospital gown, but I didn't mind that as I opened the door, and looked down the hall. To my relief Sasuke and Kabuto were making their way down the hallway in silence. Upon seeing my bodiless head, they quickened their pace.
I pulled back, and sat on the bed, glaring at the door. As Kabuto entered, he flinched under my uncharacteristically menacing gaze. My lips barely moved as I asked, "What did you do with it?"
"What did I do with what?" His false innocence angered me further and I shouted,
"You know what! What did you do with it?"
"I don't know what you are talking about." He turned away and left the room. Sasuke looked at me with his eyebrows raised.
"What are you rambling about?" I gave a frustrated sigh, placing my head in my hands. After a few moments I calmed down.
"What happened after I passed out?" I raised my eyes to watch as Sasuke sat down next to me saying,
"I heard you scream and when I found you, you were unconscious so I brought you to Kabuto. There had been something near your hand, so I brought that too. Kabuto took it and destroyed it. It looked kind of how you described the hari-shashu thing you have been working on…"
I nodded. "It was a hari-shashu- the first one I made. The hari-shashu that I gave to Kirinonai for her birthday and the hari-shashu she wore until the day she disappeared. That means she was somewhere near her… but she would rather die then have it taken from her… Oh god, no!" I buried my head in my hands, letting the tears fall from my eyes.
The last thing I remember before Shatto Umou took over for the second time that day was Sasuke's face hovering over me.
December 17th
Sasuke told me that Kabuto told him that I was well enough to leave the infantry. I was fine by that. Before Sasuke could run off, saying that he had to go train, I grabbed his arm and dragged him to my hut, saying, "I have to give you something!"
He sighed and allowed me to drag him, which surprised me. After reaching the small home, I told him to wait outside. He gave me an annoyed look, but I ignored it. I had been thinking a lot about things.
I entered the hut and walked over to my nightstand. I grabbed my most valuable possession and sighed, before heading for the door. Coming back out, I handed it to Sasuke. He gave the book a look over, and glanced at the title,
"Forest Sanctuary…" He read, before flipping through the pages. He looked up at me, confusion evident on his face. "Are you giving me this?" I nodded. "Why?"
I sighed, all school-girl shyness having faded for the time being. "Because this was my grandfathers… he would read it to me when I was young… and I just thought you'd like it…"
"Hn." His gaze went back to the book, and I couldn't see his face as he said, "Thanks."
I watched his retreating back for a moment before deciding to go inside. I spread myself out on my bed, hands behind my head, and let my thoughts wander until they found their way to what happened the day before.
She would never have let them take her hari-shashu's without first having them take her life. She was just like that. Damn you, Kirinonai! Damn you, Orochimaru! Damn you life!
I felt my face scrunch up in anger and I made a silent promise to myself,
I have lived on hope for far too long, and with this new evidence, it is likely that she is dead. I can no longer live this way… On Kirinonai's birthday, if I find no other reason to stay here, I will leave and accept that she is gone…